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褻

褻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 普段着。
  2. けがす。神聖や品格を害なう。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「衣」+音符「埶」。「普段着」を意味する漢語｛褻｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

filthy

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セツ
Kun (native)
  • けが(れる)
  • な(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音xie4
  • 한글seol
  • Hán-ViệtTiết

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+893B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴衣埶

Words using this kanji

  • 褻け（け）普段着。 （け）普段。日常。mundane, commonplace, ordinary
  • 褻涜せっとくprofanation, defiling something precious
  • 褻にも晴れにもけにもはれにもat ordinary times and on special occasions, on every occasion, at all times

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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Lookup codes

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